Letter to Alejandro Portes: Back in 2002, a friend of mine sent me a paper written by a Princeton University professor named Alejandro Portes. This guy is the prototypical Cubano Arrepentido. I do not have the original paper which was entitled The Cuban-American Machine: reflections on its origins and perpetuation, but you will get the gist of it when you read my response to his ridiculous assertions. This is an oldie but a goodie.